The Civil War political tradition : ten portraits of those who formed it / Paul D. Escott.

"Offers biographical sketches of ten prominent Americans who confronted the central issues of the Civil War era-slavery, racism, and equality-evaluating their careers and shedding light on leadership, core American values, and problems plaguing US democracy. Those profiled include John C. Calhoun, H...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Nation divided.
Main Author: Escott, Paul D., 1947- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Series:Nation divided.
Subjects:
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1877.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Political leadership > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture.
Political leadership.
Politics and government.
United States.
1800-1899
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:ix, 199 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
"Offers biographical sketches of ten prominent Americans who confronted the central issues of the Civil War era-slavery, racism, and equality-evaluating their careers and shedding light on leadership, core American values, and problems plaguing US democracy. Those profiled include John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, Stephen A. Douglas, Frederick Douglass, Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Albion Tourgée"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number:E415.7 .E8368 2023
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813949673
081394967X
9780813949680
0813949688